Thanks to some suggestions from colleagues, I've revised the readings for my "Political Egalitarianism" seminar. The revised schedule is below. The only changes to the required readings are for weeks 13 and 14, but I've also added some optional readings for weeks 2, 3, 4, 7, and 14. (My thanks to M. Lister, A. Thomas, and M. Palynchuk for their recommendations.)
The course description can be found in the previous post.
01. Justice as fairness: overview (February 2nd + 4th)
o John Rawls (2001) Justice as Fairness (Harvard University
Press), Part I (pp. 1-38).
§ Optional:
·
L. Wenar (2017) “John Rawls,” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy,
§§1-4. [https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/rawls/]
02. Justice as fairness: the principles
of justice and the original position (February 9th
+ 11th)
o J. Rawls (2001) Justice as Fairness (Harvard UP), Parts II
and III (pp. 39-134).
§ Optional:
·
S. Freeman
(2019) “Original Position,” The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy,
E. N. Zalta (ed.), [https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2019/entries/original-position/].
·
J. Mandle (2014) “The Choice
from the Original Position,” in A Companion to Rawls, ed. J. Mandle
(Wiley Blackwell), pp. 128-143.
03. Justice as fairness: property-owning
democracy and stability (February 16th
+18th)
o J. Rawls (2001) Justice as Fairness (Harvard UP), Parts IV
and V (pp. 135-202).
o S. Freeman (2013) “Property-Owning Democracy and the Difference
Principle,” Analyse & Kritik, 35 (1), pp. 9-36. [Reprinted in: S.
Freeman (2018) Liberalism and Distributive Justice, chapter 4.]
§ Optional:
· R. Krouse & M. McPherson (1988) “Capitalism, ‘Property-Owning
Democracy,’ and the Welfare State,” in Democracy and the Welfare State,
ed. A. Gutmann (Princeton University Press), pp. 79-105.
· Colin Macleod (2014) “Applying Justice as Fairness to Institutions,”
in J. Mandle & D. Reidy (eds.) A
Companion to Rawls (Wiley Blackwell): 164-84.
· N. Daniels (2003) “Democratic Equality: Rawls’s
Complex Egalitarianism”, in S. Freeman (ed.) The Cambridge Companion to
Rawls (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press), pp. 241-276.
· A. Thomas (2020) “Freeman on Property-Owning Democracy,” Philosophy
and Public Issues 10 (1), pp. 45-68. [http://fqp.luiss.it/files/2020/09/PPI_01_2020.-3.-Alan-Thomas_Freeman-on-Property-Owning-Democracy.pdf]
04. Is social justice a ‘mirage’? Hayek
against/for Rawls (February 23rd + 25th)
o F. A. Hayek (1993) “‘Social’ or Distributive Justice,” in Justice,
ed. A. Ryan (Oxford University Press), pp. 117-158. [From: F. A. Hayek (1982) Law,
Legislation, and Liberty, Vol. II: The Mirage of Social Justice.]
o Andrew Lister (2013) “The ‘Mirage’ of Social Justice: Hayek Against
(And For) Rawls,” Critical Review: A Journal of Politics and Society 25:
3-4, pp. 409-444.
§ Optional:
· See the reading by Meshelski (topic 07).
05. Rawlsian liberal socialism – part I (March 2nd + 4th)
o William Edmundson (2020) “What Is the Argument for the Fair Value of
Political Liberty?” Social Theory and Practice 46 (3), pp. 497-514.
o W. Edmundson (2017) John
Rawls: Reticent Socialist (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press): Introduction and Chapters 1-3 (pp.1-64).
06. Rawlsian liberal socialism – part II (March 9th + 11th)
o W. Edmundson (2017) John
Rawls: Reticent Socialist: Chapters 4-9 (pp. 65-138).
07. Rawlsian liberal socialism – part
III (March 16th + 18th)
o W. Edmundson (2017) John Rawls: Reticent Socialist: Chapters
10 and 12 (pp. 139-169; 186-199).
o Paul Weithman (2019) “Review of W. Edmundson, John Rawls: Reticent Socialist,” Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
[https://ndpr.nd.edu/news/john-rawls-reticent-socialist/#_edn16]
o Lea Ypi (2018) “The Politics of Reticent Socialism,” Catalyst 2 (3). [https://catalyst-journal.com/vol2/no3/the-politics-of-reticent-socialism]
§ Optional:
·
W. Edmundson (2017) John
Rawls: Reticent Socialist: Chapter 11 (pp. 170-185).
·
W. Edmundson (2019) “Précis of John Rawls: Reticent Socialist,” Ethical Perspectives 26 (2), pp.
323-327.
·
Kristina Meshelski (2019) “Rawls’s
Socialism and Pure Procedural Justice,” Ethical Perspectives 26 (2), pp.
343-347.
·
A. Thomas (2019) “Edmundson on
Neo-Liberalism: Towards a ‘Left Rawlsian’ Political Economy,” Ethical
Perspectives 26 (2), pp. 352-358.
·
W. Edmundson (2019) “Replies to
Commentators,” Ethical Perspectives 26 (2), pp. 371-384 [especially
replies to Meshelski and Thomas].
08. Rawlsian free market liberalism (March 30th + April 1st)
o J. Tomasi (2012) “Democratic Legitimacy and Economic Liberty,” Social
Philosophy and Policy 29 (1), pp. 50-80.
o C. M. Melenovsky and Justin Bernstein (2015) “Why Free Market Rights
are not Basic Liberties,” The Journal of Value Inquiry 49 (1-2), pp.
47-67.
o A. Thomas (2020) “Rawls on Economic Liberty and the Choice of
Systems of Social Cooperation,” in J. Mandle and S. Roberts-Cady (eds.) John
Rawls: Debating the Major Questions (Oxford University Press), pp.109-121.
§ Optional:
·
J. Rawls
(2005) “The Basic Liberties and Their Priority,” in Political Liberalism,
expanded edition (Columbia University Press), pp.289-371.
·
S. Arnold
(2013) “Right-wing Rawlsianism: A Critique,” The Journal of Political
Philosophy 21 (4), pp. 382-404.
·
J. Tomasi (2012) Free Market
Fairness (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press).
April 2nd: Philosophy Department talk by William
Edmundson: “When the Market Swerved Right.”
09. Capitalism and alternatives to it (once
more) (April 6th + 8th)
o Jeppe von Platz (2020) “Democratic Equality and the Justification of
Welfare-State Capitalism,” Ethics 131 (1), pp. 4-33.
o Martin O’Neill (2021) “Social Justice and Economic Systems: On
Rawls, Democratic Socialism, and Alternatives to Capitalism,” Philosophical
Topics 49 (1).
§ Optional:
·
Julius Sensat (2016) The
Logic of Estrangement (Palgrave MacMillan), Chapter 7 (pp. 157-187).
·
T. Malleson (2014), “Rawls,
Property-Owning Democracy, and Democratic Socialism,” Journal of Social Philosophy 45, pp. 228-251.
· R. Taylor (2014) “Illiberal Socialism,” Social Theory and
Practice, July 2014, 40(3), pp. 433-60.
· K. Vallier (2015), “A moral and economic critique of the new
property-owning democrats: on behalf of a Rawlsian welfare state,” Philosophical Studies 172, pp. 283-304.
10. Cohenite socialism (April 13th + 15th)
o G. A. Cohen (2009) Why Not Socialism? (Princeton
University Press).
11. Debating Cohenite socialism (April 20th + 22nd)
o
C. V.
Schoelandt (2013) “Markets, Community, and Pluralism,” The Philosophical
Quarterly (advance access), pp. 1-8.
o
A. Archer
(2016) “Community, Pluralism, and Individualistic Pursuits: A Defense of Why
Not Socialism?” Social Theory and Practice 42 (1), pp. 57-73.
§ Optional:
· Pablo Gilabert (2011) “Feasibility and Socialism,” Journal of Political Philosophy 19, pp.
52-63.
· R. Miller (2010) “Relationships of Equality: A Camping Trip
Revisited,” Journal of Ethics 14.
· Miriam Ronzoni (2012) “Life is not a camping
trip – on the desirability of Cohenite socialism,” Politics, Philosophy
& Economics 11/2, pp. 171-185.
12. Luck egalitarianism and relational
egalitarianism (April 27th + 29th)
o G. A. Cohen (1989) “On the Currency of
Egalitarian Justice,” Ethics 99 (4), pp. 906-944.
o Elizabeth Anderson (1999) “What is the Point of
Equality?” Ethics 109 (2), pp. 287-337.
§ Optional:
·
J. Wolff (1998) “Fairness,
Respect, and the Egalitarian Ethos,” Philosophy
& Public Affairs 27, pp.97-122.
·
S. Scheffler (2003) “What Is
Egalitarianism?” Philosophy & Public Affairs 31, pp. 5-39.
·
M. O’Neill (2008) “What Should
Egalitarians Believe?” Philosophy & Public Affairs 36, pp. 119-156.
·
D. Miller
(2015) “The Incoherence of Luck Egalitarianism,” in A. Kaufman (ed.) Distributive
Justice and Access to Advantage: G. A. Cohen’s Egalitarianism (Cambridge
University Press), pp. 131-150.
·
S. Freeman
(2007) “Rawls and Luck Egalitarianism,” in S. Freeman, Justice and the
Social Contract (Oxford University Press), pp. 111-142.
13. Luck egalitarianism and relational
egalitarianism – continued (May 4th
+ 6th)
o P. Tomlin (2015) “What is the Point of Egalitarian
Social Relationships?” in A. Kaufman (ed.) Distributive Justice and Access
to Advantage: G. A. Cohen’s Egalitarianism (Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press), pp. 151-179.
o E. Anderson (2010) “The Fundamental
Disagreement between Luck Egalitarians and Relational Egalitarians,” Canadian
Journal of Philosophy, S.V. 36,
pp.1-23.
§ Optional:
·
Anca Gheaus (2016) “Hikers in
Flip-Flops: Luck Egalitarianism, Democratic Equality, and the Distribuenda of
Justice,” Journal of Applied Philosophy 35 (1), pp. 54-69.
·
Shlomi
Segall (2007) “In Solidarity with the Imprudent: A Defense of Luck Egalitarianism,”
Social Theory and Practice 33 (2), pp. 177–198.
14. Luck egalitarianism and relational
egalitarianism – one last time (May 11th
+ 13th)
o K. Lippert-Rasmussen (2015) “Luck Egalitarians
versus Relational Egalitarians: On the Prospects of a Pluralist Account of Egalitarian
Justice,” Canadian Journal of Philosophy 45 (2), pp. 220-241.
o Ian Carter (2011) “Respect and the Basis of Equality,” Ethics 121
(3), 538-571.
§ Optional:
·
Chiara
Cordelli (2015) “Justice as Fairness and Relational Resources,” The Journal
of Political Philosophy 23 (1), pp. 86-110.
·
C.
Schemmel (2011) “Why Relational Egalitarians Should Care About Distributions,” Social
Theory and Practice 37 (3), pp. 365-390.